Funding Resources Overview

Information about Grants & Other Opportunities

The Funding Resources section of the site contains the following:

Free Email Funding Newsletters – WomenArts is collaborating with the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition to offer free monthly e-newsletters for theatre artists and for film/video artists that list upcoming deadlines for festivals, grants, residencies and other opportunities.

Lists of Funding Sources – Find out which foundations are interested in your art form through our annotated lists of foundations and other agencies categorized by arts discipline. You can see links to these lists in the sidebar of this page.

Do You Need a Fiscal Sponsor? – If you need non-profit status to be eligible for grants, you might want to use a fiscal sponsor instead of forming your own non-profit corporation. This article explains how fiscal sponsorships work, and it gives links to organizations that provide this service. Read more>>

Introduction to Crowdfunding – If you want to raise money for an arts project directly from your fans and supporters using the internet, crowdfunding is a great option. Director of Artist Services Deborah Steinberg provides an introduction to crowdfunding and an overview of two major crowdfunding sites. Read more>>

Kickstarter Success Stories – We interviewed 2 theatre companies and 2 film companies who shared their advice about how to use the crowdfunding website at Kickstarter.com successfully. Read more>>

Special Thanks: WomenArts is supported this year by generous grants from the HEW Foundation, the Do A Little Fund of the San Francisco Foundation, the Vermont Community Foundation, and by gifts of time, energy and money from artists and arts supporters around the world.